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Play for Today

1970 · 14 seasons

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Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

Original language
English
Released
15 Oct 1970
Last aired
5 Feb 1985
Status
Ended
Length
14 seasons · 314 episodes
Genres
Drama
Network
BBC One

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